Monday, November 28, 2011

Cast #2

Today we took Abby back to the doctor for her 3rd visit and 2nd cast.  They removed the blue & orange mid-thigh cast and put on a new knee-to-toe cast.  The doctor is pleased with her progress.  He thought he might see a little more bone growth but the healing is going well.  She will have this new cast on for 1 more month and then she might get a walking cast next.  She picked a lime green cast with glow-in-the-dark stripes!!

They used a "vacuum" to remove the cast.

The machine sucks away most of the fiberglass dust from the cast.

This is the padding under the cast.

This is the "tights" under the padding.

Our first glimpse at her leg since October 31st.


Pulling the cast away from the leg.

Her knee.  Her knee is a little stiff since she hasn't moved it in a month!!

The leg doesn't look too bad.  We were a little worried when we saw the ankle but it looked better when the doctor moved it.

She made us keep the cast!


Putting the cast on.


3 comments:

Jane said...

Sounds like things went well. I guess it's back to school now. Good luck. xoxo

Rebecca said...

This is really something. Thanks for sharing with us!

Grammy aka Marilyn said...

I'm glad to hear the healing is progressing on schedule. I love the lime green color!